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Lukas Zahradnik · 2015

AeroPress’s published 2015 champion recipe, with its documented technique and measurements.

By Lukas Zahradnik · View source ↗

Coffee
20 g
Brewing water
260 g

Before you start

Get ready.

Fit one paper filter in a Flow Control cap and add the coffee.

Grind: Fine: source scale 4/10

Water: 80 °C

Equipment checklist
  • AeroPress coffee maker
  • Coffee scale
  • Grinder

Brew along

At your pace

Finish your preparation, then start. We’ll show one action at a time.

Voice & sound

Keep your scale in view. The guide waits for you to confirm each action.

How the guide works

This mode adapts the pacing of the original recipe. Confirm each action; any remaining stage time counts down before the next step. It never assumes you have poured the target amount.

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Timing options

At your pace waits for you to confirm each action. Original timing is available when the source has a complete timeline.

Recipe details & source

Lukas Zahradnik · 2015 · champion · Publisher’s adaptation

Publisher’s Flow Control adaptation of the 2015 routine. Approximately two minutes is not a fully documented absolute timeline; retained liquid is not treated as a specified yield.

Water temperature
80 °C
Bypass water
0 g
Difficulty
Some practice

Original coffee: Not documented

Published brewing steps

  1. When ready · First water

    Add 60 g water.

    Add 60 g

  2. When ready · Agitate

    Agitate for 15 seconds.

  3. When ready · Complete water and press

    Add 200 g and press immediately.

    Add 200 g

  4. When ready · Stop short

    Stop just below the chamber’s 1 mark rather than expelling all water. The source suggests approximately two minutes overall.

Source reviewed 2026-10-27. Instructions paraphrased by Solution Coffee.

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Make it your dose

Scale the documented coffee and water. Temperature, grind, timing and technique stay as published.

Dose adaptation, not the original recipe. Extraction and brewer capacity may change; use your equipment’s limits. The guide above uses the original measurements; its selected mode controls pacing.

260 g brewing water · 0 g bypass

  1. First water: 60 g added
  2. Complete water and press: 200 g added

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